We are probably not Sims
In this article, I discuss the current state of the debate around the simulation hypothesis, the idea that the world we inhabit is a computer simulation in or within another universe. Considering recent work from a range of authors, I suggest that statistical arguments in favour of a simulated world...
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Paternoster Press
[2020]
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Science & Christian belief
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-62 |
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